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RECORD-BREAKING ROLAND-GARROS REACHES MILLIONS OF FANS ACROSS EUROPE ON WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY’S PLATFORMS

11 June 2025

(L-R) Stringer, Keothavong, Wilander & Jim Courier on the set for TNT Sports at Roland-Garros 2025 (Theo Verhelst for WBD).JPG
  • Largest ever streaming audience secured for Roland-Garros with Max, HBO Max and discovery+ increasing viewers by nearly a third year-on-year across Europe
  • Record broadcast audiences for the men’s singles final secured in Spain, Italy and the UK as Carlos Alcaraz overcomes Jannik Sinner in an all-time classic
  • First tournament on TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland drives +20% uplift in final viewership
  • Eurosport and TNT Sports platforms generate 883 million additional video views in Europe

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reveals today its coverage of Roland-Garros 2025 resulted in a record-breaking edition with more fans across Europe (excluding France) streaming the action than ever before.

Millions of viewers enjoyed coverage of all 900 available matches on WBD’s premium platforms Max, HBO Max and discovery+* with streaming audiences increasing by almost a third compared to last year’s tournament.

Across Europe (excluding France), the men’s singles final secured the biggest audience with +77% more fans watching the epic five-set contest between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz compared to last year’s final (Carlos Alcaraz vs Alexander Zverev) as the Spanish world number two secured his second straight Roland-Garros title after saving an unprecedented three Championship points.

WBD’s television coverage also resulted in strong audience engagement with Eurosport 2 reporting its biggest ever tennis audience during the two weeks of the main draw and Eurosport 1’s viewership remaining consistent with last year’s record edition. Mirroring the trend on its streaming platforms, the men’s singles final was the biggest ever for Eurosport’s pan-European coverage (excluding France) with audiences growing by +9% year-on-year.

Powered by its prodigal superstar and world number one Jannik Sinner, WBD’s free-to-air coverage on Nova in Italy secured a mammoth 44% peak audience share nationally with one in two Italians tuning in the men’s singles final. Viewership peaked at 7.3 million while more than 1.4 million people watched concurrently on Eurosport 1 in an all-time record match for WBD.

Likewise, Spain heralded its heroic champion Carlos Alcaraz as WBD secured a 23% combined audience share on its free-to-air channel DMAX with premium coverage on Eurosport 1 during the men’s singles final. The match was the second most watched tennis broadcast ever in Spain, second only to Rafael Nadal’s last ever Grand Slam title at the 2022 Roland-Garros final.

In the UK, TNT Sports was broadcasting a Grand Slam tournament for the first time following the integration of Eurosport’s assets and content portfolio early in the year. The men’s singles final was the most watched tennis match in the history of WBD in the UK with millions of viewers tuning in to see Alcaraz come from two sets down to beat Sinner, achieving a +20% increase in viewers compared to last year’s final on Eurosport. This record-breaking match beat WBD’s previous highest UK tennis audience observed during the 2016 final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray with +6% more viewers tuning in overall.

On its streaming platform in the UK, discovery+, WBD secured +88% more viewers compared to last year’s men’s singles final and more than doubled its streaming audience for the women’s singles final as Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka to win her first Roland-Garros title.

In the US, WBD’s TNT Sports was also broadcasting Roland-Garros for the first time on TNT, truTV and Max. Overall, TNT’s coverage in the US throughout the two-week event was up +25% compared to last year. Driven by the success of Coco Gauff, the women’s singles final delivered an average audience of 1.5 million viewers, up +94% compared to 2024’s final, with the men’s final delivering 1.8 million average viewers, increasing +8% vs. last year. 

WBD’s social and digital platforms, including Eurosport and TNT Sports social channels across Europe, expanded the storytelling and garnered 883 million video views by serving fans original, exclusive and behind-the-scenes content. Similarly in the US, content shared on WBD’s Bleacher Report and House of Highlights generated more than 800 million video views.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Grand Slam tennis coverage continues with The Championships, Wimbledon beginning on 30 July for viewers in Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden. In the UK and Ireland, viewers can watch a daily highlights show on TNT Sports as well as the singles finals live. 

*During Roland-Garros 2025, Max was available across France, Greece, the Nordics, Iberia, Central and Eastern Europe, and USA ahead of the service being rebranded as HBO Max in July; HBO Max remains WBD’s streaming platform in Belgium and the Netherlands; discovery+ is the streaming platform for Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom ahead of HBO Max launching in 2026.

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